Comparative Adjectives

Student’s name: __________________________________

Jhoan Esteban Ortiz Osorio Level: Basic 03

20 kg
50 kg

SLOW SLOWER HEAVY HEAVIER DANGEROUS MORE DANGEROUS

Short words (1 syllable)  - er Long words (2, 3, 4 syllables)  more…

old  older slow  slower dangerous  more dangerous

warm  warmer tall  taller expensive  more expensive
Irregular comparative forms:
big  bigger, hot  hotter good  better, far  further
heavy  heavier, happy  happier bad  worse, little  less

Write the comparative form: Write the opposite.

newer
new ________________ young
younger __________________
longer
long ________________ clean
cleaner __________________
nicer
nice ________________ darker dark
__________________
bigger
big _________________ boring
more boring ________________
Better
good ________________ hotter hot
__________________
fater
fat __________________ Happy
happier __________________
more modern
modern ______________ easier easy
__________________
friendlier
friendly ______________ smaller small
__________________
more famous
famous ______________ cheap
cheaper __________________

Write comparative sentences using the verbs in brackets

1. bigger
My house is (big) _____________than yours.
2. more beautiful
This flower is (beautiful) _________________than that one.
3. better
A holiday by the sea is (good) ____________than a holiday in the mountains.
4. worse
The weather this summer is even (bad) __________than last summer.
5. more difficult
I think mathematics is (difficult) _____________than English.

Complete the sentences. Use the comparative.

1. faster
Joe’s car isn’t very fast. He wants a __________ one.
2. more interesting
My job isn’t very interesting. I want to do something ___________________
3. The weather isn’t very warm today. Yesterday it was ___________________
warmer
4. more polite
People aren’t very polite today. In the past they were ___________________
5. more comfortable
This sofa isn’t very comfortable. That one is _____________________
6. nicer
This coat is nice, but I think the other one is ______________

Write three sentences using comparative adjectives

My bike is big, but I want a bigger bike
1. __________________________________________________________
Colombia is more beautiful than Bolivia
2. __________________________________________________________
the week is slower than the weekend
3. __________________________________________________________